A wide variety of municipal, business, community and labor
leaders from across northern Illinois and beyond today released
statements about ComEd’s multi-year grid and rate plans that
advance the region’s economic, climate and equity goals.
Neil C. James Executive Director of Metropolitan Mayors
Caucus "We are encouraged that ComEd's plans will build greater
resilience, improve the capacity to transition to clean energy and
adapt to climate change impacts. We are pleased to support ComEd's
multi-year grid plan."
Joe Duffy Executive director of labor coalition Climate
Jobs Illinois “Illinois leads the nation in moving to a clean
energy economy built by union labor. ComEd's Grid Plan represents
an important first step towards the clean jobs future.”
Jack Lavin President and CEO of the Chicagoland Chamber
of Commerce “"As businesses continue to increase their
electrification needs, an affordable, reliable, and clean grid has
never been more critical. ComEd’s continued investments in a more
sustainable system will keep Illinois competitive by providing a
modernized grid that can attract businesses to our state and
contribute to their performance.”
Michael P. Dunn, Jr Executive Director of Region 1
Planning Council (R1) “A modern and resilient grid is a top
infrastructure priority for our region and our industry clusters.
Industry and residents will further expect our region's future
economic competitive advantage as we compete for tomorrow's
industry. We are encouraged by and support ComEd's multi-year grid
plan as aligned with our own future planning and policies."
Nancy E. Norton President & CEO of Grundy Economic
Development Council "The GEDC is supportive of ComEd’s commitment
to a modern, resilient, and flexible grid. As ComEd pursues these
goals, affordability must be a key pillar in their plan."
Greg Bedalov President & CEO of Choose DuPage
"Reliable, affordable electrical infrastructure and delivery is one
of the assets that helps to define our economic advantage, and
efforts to strengthen this advantage should be a priority. We
support ComEd's grid plan, which includes cost-effective
initiatives that will address climate change, grow our economy,
advance equity and strengthen our local infrastructure."
Doug Pryor President & CEO of Will County Center for
Economic Development “Will County CED supports the initiatives in
ComEd's proposed grid plan, which seeks to affordably enhance grid
resiliency and reliability while enabling renewable energy
resources and beneficial electrification. We believe this will
better economic outcomes for Will County and will positively impact
development in Illinois."
Erich Sanchack COO of Digital Realty “Chicago, and in
particular Northern Illinois and Franklin Park are critical to
Digital Realty, our customer’s businesses, and an important part of
the overall global digital infrastructure. Our continued
partnership with ComEd and the work they are doing with the grid
plan will ensures that not only do our data center facilities
deliver on the needs of our global customers, but continue to drive
regional economic benefits, and investment in clean energy
technologies and continued strong reliability performance.”
Joshua Davis President of the Will Group "Over the past
10 years, we have partnered with ComEd on various projects that
have transformed communities like the K-Town Business Center in
North Lawndale. ComEd's proposed grid plan is a community
investment that aligns with our partnership's foundational shared
quality of being transformative in the communities in which we
operate, and we fully support it."
Joann P. Ornelas-Bauer Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic
Utility Solutions "ComEd has been a great supporter and partner for
the growth of diverse suppliers like ours. We fully support this
multi-year plan, which will continue to create jobs and fuel
economic opportunity across northern Illinois."
Trisha Knych VP of Marketing, Corporate Communication
& Government Relations of S&C Electric Company "While we
have supplied ComEd with equipment to support their foundational
smart grid, preparing for the grid of the future requires
additional work that must happen now. When threats arise to our
energy system, ComEd is the first responder, and we support ComEd's
grid plan for the future."
George A. Williams Chairman & CEO of PMI Energy
Solutions, LLC "Since our founding in 2012, ComEd has played a key
role in opening growth opportunities for our firm and has
demonstrated their ability to develop a smarter and more resilient
grid to benefit all parties. As a minority-owned company, we stand
behind ComEd's plans to prepare the grid for an ever-changing
future that will benefit all communities."
Paula Robinson Managing Member, Bronzeville Partners LLC
"While our collective objective is to ensure that the community and
customers receive reliable and affordable service, greater
neighborhood stability occurs when we leverage our collective
experiences and expertise and create new jobs and new enterprise
around these growth industries. This grid plan outlines this type
of community collaboration, and BCDP supports ComEd’s grid plan
that seeks to create long-lasting jobs and long-term
prosperity."
Cohen Barnes Mayor of the City of DeKalb “The importance
of ComEd continuing to build out capacity for the next datacenter
in DeKalb is critical to the success of our continued economic
growth. Without adequate infrastructure and a proactive approach to
building out capacity, our economic growth will be stifled, and we
are thankful ComEd continues to work with the City of DeKalb to
anticipate the needs to come.”
Jodi Miller Mayor of the City of Freeport "As ComEd is
preparing to address calls for a stronger and more intelligent grid
to support the ever-growing growth in the renewable energy sector,
I understand and support the need for future investment in ComEd's
multi-year grid plan. We applaud ComEd's preparation to transform
the operations and functionality in the current grid."
Mark W. Szula President of the Village of Roscoe "New and
expanded clean energy requirements - as well as the increasing
demand from expanding the electric vehicle market - require a
continued to commitment to growth and improvement. The Village of
Roscoe supports the initiatives advanced in ComEd's multi-year grid
plan and appreciates the benefits that will come through improved
system resiliency and reliability."
Billy McKinney Mayor of the City of Zion "We applaud
ComEd's focus on equity as a key pillar of the grid plan, in
particular focusing on investments and system performance
improvements that benefit designated environmental justice
communities like Zion."
Danny D. Langloss, Jr. Dixon City Manager "ComEd has been
highly responsive and provided assistance around the areas of
economic development and restoring the power grid to critical
facilities and our entire community following extreme weather
events, and we support their multi-year grid plan that will enable
Dixon's planned commercial, industrial and residential
development."
Matthew Deal Manager, Utility Policy at ChargePoint “EV
adoption has grown significantly throughout the country, and
specifically in Illinois, in recent years, and we expect this trend
to accelerate in the near term. ComEd’s proposed Grid Plan
establishes a strong foundation to support the State’s goal for one
million EVs on Illinois roads by 2030.”
John Kenning CEO First Student “First Student provides
unmatched care and the safest ride to school so when students
arrive, they start and end their day with an exceptional
experience. We continually seek better ways to do things with
innovation and sustainable practices like supporting our districts
that are upgrading their fleets with electric buses. We value the
investment ComEd is making to support a broad and equitable
transition to clean transportation, realizing the benefits to the
environment and health of our customers. We understand the
importance of V2X technology and the need to continue efforts to
upgrade infrastructure. When utilities, manufacturers and providers
work together, it’s a win for everyone and the planet.”
Haj Young Managing Director, Illinois Energy Consortium,
Powered by the Future Green Energy Consortium “IEC Powered by
Future Green is focused on helping all schools gain access to
electric school buses and clean energy resources. A modern,
flexible grid is imperative for schools to reach their clean energy
goals.”
Phil Jones Executive Director, Alliance for
Transportation Electrification “It is now time to spend the
necessary time and resources to invest in grid upgrades in order to
meet the pressing challenges of enabling transportation
electrification infrastructure, promoting zero or low-carbon energy
generation, and allowing customers and communities more choices
working with the utility. The ComEd grid plan is based on good
planning, solid data, and years of experience, but pivots to the
future. The plan should enable the utility and its customers to
meet the urgent needs of reducing carbon emissions and air
pollution through electric transportation, as well as advance other
electrification uses in homes and buildings as we decarbonize.”
Daniel Bloom Public Affairs Manager for FLO EV Charging
"Creating a resilient, flexible electric grid that can accommodate
the pace and growth of electrification, along with thousands of
public EV chargers funded by these various programs will be
critical, especially if the state is to reach Governor Pritzker’s
goal of one million EVs on Illinois roads by 2030. FLO is pleased
to support ComEd's efforts to create a more intelligent, resilient
electric grid across northern Illinois to accelerate the state's
transition to an electrified transportation future."
Nate Baguio Senior Vice President of Commercial
Development at Lion Electric “As the demand for electric vehicles,
including all electric, zero-emission school buses grows, it is
critical to establish partnerships between elected officials,
industry leaders, school districts, and leading utility companies
to push toward vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology standards and
implementation. We are confident that ComEd’s plan presents a step
in the right the direction for a clean energy, zero-emission future
that addresses the needs and demands of all communities.”
Daniel Anello CEO Kids First Chicago “K1C believes that
disrupting a status quo that has left over 200,000 Chicago
households without high-speed internet is an essential public
policy goal. K1C was pleased to see that ComEd’s proposed grid
modernization plan envisions a smart, interconnected grid with a
strong fiber backbone that can be used to support state-and-local
efforts to help bridge the digital divide.”
Dwayne Douglas CEO of the QUILT Corp NFP "ComEd's grid
improvements provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for digital
equity and inclusion and make a dramatic impact on bridging the
digital divide within our communities. These improvements will
provide improved networks that drive economic growth and stimulate
a new generation of innovations addressing critical needs like
digital literacy, workforce development, health care, education and
community empowerment. We stand in support of ComEd's grid
expansion efforts."
Corey Perry Director of Government Relations, PCs for
People “The issue of digital equity is an ever important one and we
here at PCs for People work daily to develop and deploy initiatives
that can help close the digital gap. When we consider endeavors
like upgrades of Illinois Century Network, the state's existing
2,000-mile open access institutional fiber network serving
marginalized communities across the state, it is critical to have
entities such as ComEd be key contributor in tackling issues such
as access and the digital divide as a whole. PCs for People is in
full support for much needed expansions of affordable broadband and
prioritization of digital equity and is encouraged to see ComEd
seeking to increase the work being done towards closing the digital
divide. PCs for People is glad to have our voice heard as we
champion positive progress for digital equity and are glad to see
our friends and support the endeavor of our friends at ComEd.”
Amin Khodaei, Ph.D. Professor at the University of Denver
"My team at the University of Denver has collaborated extensively
with ComEd over the past ten years on two innovative and nationally
important projects that have helped the company gain a system-level
perspective on grid capabilities and shortcomings in hosting a
growing penetration of distributed energy resources like solar and
wind. At a time that the electric grid is experiencing an
unprecedented transformation to address the increasing challenges
of climate change, distributed generation and growing customer
expectations, ComEd took a proactive approach to embrace innovative
technologies, tap into academic expertise through close
collaboration, stay ahead of the curve and become a successful
model for many other utilities to learn from and follow. ComEd has
a forward-thinking vision in leveraging innovative technologies to
support its customers, a vision that is required to address the
complexities of the ever-more evolving grid, and we strongly
support their mission and vision as a pioneering electric
utility."
ComEd is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:
EXC), a Fortune 200 energy company with approximately 10 million
electricity and natural gas customers – the largest number of
customers in the U.S. ComEd powers the lives of more than 4 million
customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s
population. For more information visit ComEd.com and connect with
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